Iron Dynasty

PS: There are a lot of things today, there are only two updates, and the update will be made up tomorrow.

After staying in Pengzhou City for three days, Xiao Ming returned to Qingzhou.

He came to Pengzhou this time just to see the place of Liu Bang's Longxing. Like many people, he also has a big Han dream in his heart. The iron blood and glory of the past make him, who is now at the peak of power, dream back every midnight. The blood will be boiling, and he also wants such a prosperous world.

It's just that he also understands that the road is still a long way to go. Today, the domestic problems of Da Yu are a mess, and it is still far away to expand the territory, but the victory of the battle of Pengzhou has given him hope.

To fight against foreign affairs, he must first settle down inside. Now he is determined to solve the problem of numerous domestic vassal kings first. Only by mastering the unified Great Yu Kingdom can he be able to break into the jungle of the Age of Great Navigation and grab food.

Originally, he was going to live in Pengzhou City for a week, but another news came that he had to go back early.

According to this year's shipbuilding plan, Dengzhou Shipyard officially delivered 24 warships to the fleet a few days ago. In addition to the previous 15 warships, the Dengzhou Army now has 39 warships.

For him, these thirty-nine warships will truly ensure that he is unhindered horizontally in the East Asian waters, and can further ensure the safety of the waterway.

This time, he returned to Qingzhou not to watch the battleship, but to prepare the naval cadets from Bowen College to go to Dengzhou.

Battleships are dead, but naval cadets are alive, and weapons can only exert their greatest power in the hands of humans. Therefore, before each batch of naval cadets boarded the ship, Xiao Ming would come to Bowen College to meet them in person.

First, he wanted to get familiar with himself and strengthen his sense of existence, and secondly, it was also to increase the loyalty of the soldiers.

After all, once a warship enters the sea, it is like a runaway horse. In the era of great voyages, many regular warships were finally brought on the road of pirates by the captain, and this was not what he wanted to see.

His Royal Highness, there are a total of 1670 students on the ship this time.

Yue Yun also rushed back from Dengzhou for this matter. Looking at the students who were in high spirits, he couldn't help but close his mouth with joy. For him, there was no such thing as expanding the size of the fleet.

All the cadets who are about to go to Dengzhou stand in three rows. These cadets will play an extremely important role on the battleship, such as captain, chief mate, second mate, sea navigator, bosun and other management positions.

As for the ordinary sailors and gunners on the battleship, they do not need to study in Bowen Academy, they only need to be recruited and trained in Dengzhou.

From today, you will become a member of the navy, but this does not mean that you are qualified now. For this king, only soldiers who can protect the sea and borders of the Great Yu Kingdom and protect the shipping routes of the Great Yu Kingdom can be qualified to be called Real navy soldiers, and now is the time to test you. Xiao Ming said loudly.

Yes, Your Highness! A group of naval cadets roared in unison.

Xiao Ming nodded, the soldiers now look more and more like modern soldiers.

Yue Yun looked at Xiao Ming's lecture with a smile. After Xiao Ming finished speaking, he took a group of naval cadets and said to Xiao Ming: My honor is loyalty!

Whether in Bowen Academy or in the army, the loyalty of soldiers and officials to Xiao Ming is the first and foremost. It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming makes this sentence the spoken language of generals and soldiers. and soldier instinct.

After seeing the trainees who boarded the ship one by one, Xiao Ming asked the naval trainees to disband. At this time, Yue Yun said to Xiao Ming: Your Highness must have known about the Tongzhou port. King Wei cut off the supply of the port, which made the warships cruise. There were some difficulties.

Xiao Ming nodded lightly, King Wei's messenger and this king made it very clear to me, since he doesn't give it, we will take it. After returning this time, you will lead the fleet to bombard Tongzhou, and at the same time cooperate with Dengzhou. The state army captured Tongzhou City.

Your Highness, the last commander has long wanted to do this, so why should we suffer from King Wei's idleness? Yue Yun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming sighed and said, I used to maintain peace on the surface, but now I completely tear my face. By the way, it is one thing to win Tongzhou. The most important thing, don't forget, keep an eye on Goguryeo.

Yes, Your Highness. Yue Yun bowed and said.

After instructing Yue Yun about two things, Xiao Ming walked towards the palace. Along the way, he occasionally met the sons and daughters of powerful people who could only be seen in Chang'an before.

Since the Chang'an Rebellion, more and more Chang'an nobles have fled to Qingzhou, and it is precisely because of this reason that Qingzhou has more merchants and children of powerful people.

But now these powerful children are nothing more than shedding phoenixes, not as good as chickens. They used to rely on Chang'an City, but when they arrived in Qingzhou, they suddenly became alone.

At first they were very uncomfortable, but soon they became businessmen in order to survive.

Even Princess Pingyang is now doing business honestly in the Chamber of Commerce, but in the name of the princess, her business is getting bigger and bigger.

During this time, she was also building a white sugar workshop and opening a dyeing workshop, but she was very busy.

Xiao Ming did not expect that the Chaos in Chang'an would bring such a prosperous scene to Qingzhou, because even if these dignitaries fled, they brought a lot of gold and silver with them. These silver flowers in Qingzhou greatly promoted local consumption.

According to Pang Yukun, even the price of houses in Qingzhou City has more than tripled.

Thinking all the way, Xiao Ming returned to the palace, at this time Fei Yue'er and Concubine Zhen were talking and laughing in the pavilion in front of the pond.

After the initial grief, Concubine Zhen's mood gradually recovered, which made Xiao Ming relieved. Although Concubine Zhen was only the mother of her predecessor, Xiao Ming, but since he arrived here, she has been helping Xiao Ming sincerely.

For such a kind and benevolent woman, he maintained the most basic respect.

Looking at the two of them, Xiao Ming didn't bother them, but went directly to his study.

The war is continuing, but the development of science and technology cannot be stagnant. After all, the level of science and technology in Qingzhou is not comprehensive enough, so as long as he has spare time, he will go back to compiling scientific and technological materials.

What Xiao Ming wants to recommend this time is the converter steelmaking technology. With the advent of steam engines, more and more industries need steel, and the original crucible ironmaking has no way to meet the current demand.

In the past, Xiao Ming did not implement this technology because there was no qualified oxygen blowing equipment before the steam engine was introduced. Now that there is a steam engine, he can use the steam engine to solve this difficulty.

When he arrived in the study, Xiao Ming started to describe the unfinished part with a pen. He had already completed part of it a few days ago, and now there is still a quarter of the drawings left.

Once these drawings are completed, they can be delivered to the steel mill to produce steel-making equipment. Once the converter steel-making technology breaks through, the quality of steel in Qingzhou will skyrocket, and the barrel will be able to withstand higher-strength gunpowder.